I was just randomly reading some wiki entries when I came across this little factoid. Katie Lee Joel is over 30 years younger than Billy Joel(her husband). When they were married, Katie was 23 and Alexa, Billy’s daughter, was 18.
Ummm….. doesn’t this cross all lines of propriety? Am I an old fuddy duddy? But this just seems GROSS.
Take a look at this picture. How does he not come off as some dirty old man, as some horny gray bearded goat? Also, does he look like her husband? Of course not, he looks like her dad. The only way this could be creepier is if it turned out that he knew her as a child.
Can you think of any more creepy age differences?
Demi “Botox” Moore and her teenaged husband Ashton “Dude Where’s My Car?” Kutcher. I bet you anything he gives her dutch ovens in bed and calls her Dude.
You must be very young. What is gross about a relationship between consenting adults? He may be old enough to be her father, but he ISN’T. This is an important distinction. If they’re both happy, they have the right to be free of your petty judgementalism. How do these relationships harm you? 20 year olds are more attractive than 50 year olds, if you can indulge this preference, it is only rational to do so. Once your “peers” get old, you will feel the same way–Corzich
You seem to have a very prejudiced, personal opinion. Calling an age gap relationship “gross” is immature and childish. Yes, he “could be her father”, she could “be with him for the money”, or the countless other asinine excuses people like you try to load onto relationships like these. Why don’t you try to open your mind a little to the possibility that maybe…just MAYBE, two people who are different in age might just like each other despite the numbers.
Hmmm.. interesting counter opinions! A few things anonymous commenters:
–“a personal opinion”… as opposed to?
–The reason I find it gross, is let’s say you were his daughter, you’re telling me you wouldn’t be grossed out by that? Essentially your father marrying someone who is in your age group?
Also, let’s say Billy Joel isn’t Billy Joel but some guy named Schmilly Schmoel. He’s not famous, he’s not rich. Are they still going to get married? Are they still going to even meet? I don’t think they are.
But maybe you’re right, maybe 50+ normal guys are marrying 20 year olds every day.
Nate is one of the most judgmental people I’ve ever known. This entry is no surprise. Attacking underdogs like Billy Joel is just par for the course for him. Next thing you know he’ll be maligning Donald Trump’s character.
He’s 60. I’m 30. Sex is fabulous. Neither of us expect it to last “forever”, but we’re enjoying the hell out of it while we can. Yeeee-HAW!
Wow, I didn’t think people were so prejudicial anymore. This Nate guy is LAME.
I agree with Anonymous and disagree with the other commenters. Yes, there are people who are genuine about their May-December love affair age differences. But face it – Billy Joel has a past record of substanced abuse causing in-patient psychiatric stays. He is not stable in his life. Marrying a young woman is a treat for him. Who was Katie Lee before Billy Joel? The old fashioned term used to describe Katie Lee by the press would have been a “gold-digger”. Katie Lee achieved great success after marrying Billy Joel and now has television shows, magazine columns and a book published. She is not turn off by him becuause she loves being with him in the limelight with fame and fortune. Katie Lee and Billy Joel get photographed together because of their age differenc. Nobody saw pictures of his first wife. Katie has it made and now gets support from him and has secured herself. Her cookbook has all these nice pictures of her displaying her good looks rather than focusing on cooking. It is all about her. Billy Joel is also self-centered. For the young people who weren’t around – Christie Brinkley once commented that she left Billy Joel because of his refusal to have more chilfen. He couldn’t please his nice, beautiful supermodel wife Christie Brinkley but now that he found a woman his daugter’s age, but now says he desired to have more children at 59 with his 26 year old wife Katie Lee. This is what is so disturbing. Now Christie suffered on the rebound again at 54 to face a messy divorce. She had to go out to have more children by different husbands trying to have a complete family life. Billy Joel’s actions towards denying Christie more children must have had some effect on Alexa who has to live through her parents’ multiple marriages and half-siblings from different people and abusive stepfathers. What is Billy Joel’s excuse for his hypocrisy and immaturity?
I agree with Anonymous and disagree with the other commenters. Yes, there are people who are genuine about their May-December love affair age differences. But face it – Billy Joel has a past record of substanced abuse causing in-patient psychiatric stays. He is not stable in his life. Marrying a young woman is a treat for him. Who was Katie Lee before Billy Joel? The old fashioned term used to describe Katie Lee by the press would have been a “gold-digger”. Katie Lee achieved great success after marrying Billy Joel and now has television shows, magazine columns and a book published. She is not turn off by him becuause she loves being with him in the limelight with fame and fortune. Katie Lee and Billy Joel get photographed together because of their age differenc. Nobody saw pictures of his first wife. Katie has it made and now gets support from him and has secured herself. Her cookbook has all these nice pictures of her displaying her good looks rather than focusing on cooking. It is all about her. Billy Joel is also self-centered. For the young people who weren’t around – Christie Brinkley once commented that she left Billy Joel because of his refusal to have more chilfen. He couldn’t please his nice, beautiful supermodel wife Christie Brinkley but now that he found a woman his daugter’s age, but now says he desired to have more children at 59 with his 26 year old wife Katie Lee. This is what is so disturbing. Now Christie suffered on the rebound again at 54 to face a messy divorce. She had to go out to have more children by different husbands trying to have a complete family life. Billy Joel’s actions towards denying Christie more children must have had some effect on Alexa who has to live through her parents’ multiple marriages and half-siblings from different people and abusive stepfathers. What is Billy Joel’s excuse for his hypocrisy and immaturity?
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